Posing Men

Why do people always forget about the gentleman? Just because men often don’t like to be posed does’t mean they don’t need to be posed.

I’ve found that men’s portraits often suffer from a lack of direction. Far too often men’s posing is treated as an afterthought. Many photographers are intimidated to do more than ask a man to “stand there and look comfortable” or fear making them look ’too posed’. Unfortunately, that’s not doing much to help your subject really shine or to create an engaging portrait.

In this tutorial you will learn the key elements needed to help direct, pose and flatter your male subjects. Don’t worry, you don’t need to memorize a lot of poses. A few will do the trick. And when you know the foundations for flattering men, you can let them pose themselves and then tweak their body position to create something comfortable and compelling.